EC3(1) Total Operating Costs
Dollars (in millions)
F2002 | F2003 | F2004 | F2005* | F2006* | |
| Operations & Administration Expenditures | N/A | 302 | 358 | 471 | 538 |
| Maintenance Expenditures | N/A | 271 | 263 | 246 | 267 |
| Total Operating Costs | 550 | 573 | 621 | 717 | 805 |
Operations and administration expenses for F2006 were higher than the previous year primarily due to an increase in demand-side management program expenditures and the First Nations settlement provision, offset by the reclassification of certain transmission charges to cost of energy and lower legal and environmental provisions.
Maintenance expenditures were higher than the previous year as a result of expenses paid to British Columbia Transmission Corporation and for vegetation programs due to the Pine Beetle infestation.
* F2005 and F2006 reflect the impact of Accounting Guidelines 19, Disclosures by entities subject to Rate Regulations, regarding the recognition and measurement of assets and liabilities subject to rate regulation.
